Amazon.com.au:Customer reviews: Seagate Game Drive for PS4, 4TB, Portable External Hard Drive, Compatible with PS4 and PS5 (STGD4000400)

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WARMCuda

Reviewed in Australia on 29 October 2020

This Thunderbolt 3 Device is Absolutely Amazing, but with some Reservations about many Thunderbolt 3 Devices and their Ability to Work with Windows vs Apple. The NVMe slot is a dream for all Tech savvy users. The Glow Lighting is much more delicate than MOST of the RGB Lighting that has insulted our eyes for years.I have purchased a few TB3 Devices now and have experienced results that are both compelling and appalling with Windows Based PC'S. Finding Software/Firmware that makes these High End Devices work is at Best Obtuse. I Sent my Amazon purchased FireCuda Dock back to the Manufacturer after they could not troubleshoot it over the phone nor even remotely. They said they would replace it but suggested that MSI (my new notebook- Prestige 15 )had updated firmware for TB3.
I had already spent innumerable Hours with MSI, Seagate and Intel.I had earlier sent my Notebook back to MSI together with a smaller TB3 External NVMe SSD and they said it worked fine after resetting Windows (which I had done 3 times myself - with no positive result)
My Daughters Macbook Pro 2020 recognised this device.The New Firmware does not work. I need help right now , like the Luke's Graham Song.

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Alex F

The 500GB model is 5000MB/s read and 2500MB/s write

Reviewed in Australia on 15 October 2021

The ad for the 500 gb stated "maximum sequential read and write speeds up to 5000MB/s and 4400MB/s". Not correct, write is only 2500MB/s. A Samsung Pro 500GB is 6900 5000

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Alex F

The 500GB model is 5000MB/s read and 2500MB/s write

Reviewed in Australia on 15 October 2021

Capacity: 500GBStyle Name: 520 NVMe - Gen 4Verified Purchase

The ad for the 500 gb stated "maximum sequential read and write speeds up to 5000MB/s and 4400MB/s". Not correct, write is only 2500MB/s. A Samsung Pro 500GB is 6900 5000

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Officially licensed? not at all.. it is waste of money

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 June 2020

Capacity: 2TBStyle Name: External PS4/PS5Verified Purchase

I bought this hard drive for my PS4 after reading that it is officially licensed to PS4, and it stopped working in just 24 hrs of use!!!, it stopped recognising by PS4 as external storage because somehow it started showing capacity on this drive as 144115.2 TB, what a joke!!, see attached photo, I would not recommend this to anyone if some is thinking it is officially licensed for PS4 system and go to buy, it is rubbish.
** its been week i sent the faulty item back I am still waiting to refund***

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Alexandr Gießmann

Seagate Game Drive PS4 Produkt war schon benutzt

Reviewed in Germany on 27 October 2020

Capacity: 2TBStyle Name: External PS4/PS5Verified Purchase

Geben Sie compmgmt.msc in das Ausführungsfeld ein und dann sehe sie wie viel Vorbesitzer diese Festplatte hatte und wie viele "Schwere Fehler" schon gemeldet wurden. Meine Fehlermeldungen beginnen im März 2020. Die Platte gekauft habe ich am 15.10.20. Findet den Fehler!

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Deleaux Benjamin

Disque USB3 (mais pas le cable ...)

Reviewed in France on 29 April 2021

Capacity: 4TBStyle Name: External PS4/PS5Verified Purchase

Pour vérifier que le disque fonctionne, j'ai commencé par le brancher à mon PC portable sur un port USB3 , et j'ai lancé une copie de 2 fichiers de 5 Go. Et là énorme déception : un débit USB2.0 de 20Mo/s comme sur un vieux disque dur de l'an 2000 !!!

Je me dis que ce n'est pas possible, alors je lis tous les commentaires des clients car ils sont nombreux. Visiblement tout le monde branche son disque sur la PS4 , donc sans vraiment se rendre compte qu'il ne tourne pas en USB3.
Et heureusement en lisant les commentaire 4étoiles je lis le commentaire suivant :
"Je conseille se produit qui est de qualité, avec un beau design avec un espace important (4To dans mon cas) et qui plus et, ayant une taille se rapprochant d'un Hdd 2.5 et non 3.5 (donc alimenté simplement par le câble USB, pas besoin d'alimentation secteur).

Mais par contre si je retire 2 étoiles c'est pour la médiocrité du câble sois-disant 3.0. Je n'ai pas réussi à dépasser les 36Mo/s et ceux sur pas moins de 3 ordinateurs différents (compatible 3.0).

Après avoir changer le câble (échangé pour le test avec un autre Hdd qui fonctionne normalement) celui-ci monté à un taux d'écriture de 80Mo/s (de base) et pouvant aller jusqu'à 110Mo/s (les piques).

Donc je n'ai peut être pas eu de chance, mais si c'est le cas de tout le monde, je vous conseille d'acheté un câble 3.0 à part si vous êtes dans la même situation que moi (car sur PS4 36Mo/s max pour joué c'est pas possible il y a des ralentissement)."

Et voilà ... Je change le cable avec celui d'un de mes nombreux disques durs, et là je passe de 20Mo/s à 145Mo/s soit encore mieux que l'autre client.
Bilan : le disque dur marche très bien mais pas le câble qui est en USB2.0

Franchement c'est une honte, c'est bien la première fois que je vois ça ... Quelle économie de misère !
Je vais donc commander un nouveau câble pour mon disque, ce n'est pas très glorieux pour ce disque qui en dehors des promos est quand même vendu à un prix qui n'est pas spécialement économique ...

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Kellie Eastlake

Can’t use as it’s unsupported format for PS4

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 March 2021

Capacity: 2TBStyle Name: External PS4/PS5Verified Purchase

This is meant to be compatible with PlayStation but in plugging it in, the device is unsupported in the current format meaning I have to find some way of converting it which I can’t do. Very disappointed considering it’s meant to be an official PlayStation licensed product and especially for the price. Will be returning

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Andy Walker

Great in the beginning but Now will not Power up

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 September 2021

Capacity: 8 TBStyle Name: Xbox One HubVerified Purchase

The media could not be loaded.

Dies after a few weeks avoid

Purchased few weeks ago & was working fantastic

Not sure after an xbox update or power failure on box game drive if its the issue

Have tested the Game power supply & purchased amazon basics power supply

Will not light up or power

Save you're money and buy a 8tb SSD or External 3.0 usb drive

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lá apollo

Kauft euch eine andere

Reviewed in Germany on 7 November 2018

Capacity: 4TBStyle Name: External PS4/PS5Verified Purchase

Habe mir diese externe Festplatte am 31 Mai bestellt, 4 Monate später spinnt sie rum.
Festplatte wird nachdem ich die PlayStation in den Ruhemodus versetze, nicht mehr erkannt. Muss meine Konsole daher AUS machen, die Festplatte abstecken, Konsole an, warten bis sie hochgefahren ist UND dann anschließen, damit sie erkannt wird. Oder die Konsole so oft Neustarten, bis die Festplatte dann erkannt wird, und dann von der PS4 „repariert wird“.
Schade eigentlich. Weil an sich hat die Festplatte gut was hergegeben. Größe 2 TB USB 3.0. ich habe keinen Unterschied festgestellt ob ein Game grade von der internen festplatt oder von der externen Festplatte angespielt wird. Meiner Meinung nach liefen sie immer gleich schnell. Nur mit dem ständigen neu starten Nerv mich, und frage mich wie lange das wohl noch gut geht, bis sie komplett den Geist aufgibt.

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Barry

Doesn't work with PS4 PRO

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 May 2021

Capacity: 2TBStyle Name: External PS4/PS5Verified Purchase

Ordered this drive as also a victim of having to delete games in order to install new ones. As an I.T. pro for 30 years I thought I'd done my homework. I was wrong !

Three drives later........

Original drive couldn't keep up with playstation when playing games and made gameplay impossible so asked for a replacement.

Second drive worked perfect for about 1 hour before it suddenly started beeping, disconnected itself from console then reset itself to factory settings.

Third drive did almost the same as the first hence demanding a refund.

The problem here is one of two things. Either their is a dodgy batch of hard drives or most likely due to Amazon's packing department.

When all three drives were delivered they only came in a cardboard A3 envelope with NO PROTECTIVE MATERIAL AT ALL.

I have reported this twice to Amazon and have had to factory reset my PS4 after each attempt to install these hard drives which takes about 24 hours to install games just to get my PS4 back to a safe and stable condition.

Why this drive and packaging has the PS4 logo and claims to be officially licensed I have no idea as it simply isn't up to the job and is super fragile to everything. Sony Playstation would never endorse this product !!!

DONT BUY AS WILL CAUSE ISSUES.

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Skarinou

DONT USE ON PS5

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 June 2021

Capacity: 2TBStyle Name: External PS4/PS5Verified Purchase

bought this to store ps5 games so i dont have to download them if i come back to them down the line. all seemed to have worked fine until today a few months after i got the item when i plugged it back in to transfer a game back to my main drive. the external drive is totally blank. it had some how wiped off all of my games and save data that was stored there.

to say i am less than happy would be and understatement, cant even get a refund as its been to long. dont waste your money,time and effort. this drive is a waste of it all.

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Jack O'Gara

Slow as sh!t

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 May 2021

Capacity: 8 TBStyle Name: Xbox One HubVerified Purchase

Can see why they are sold as "game drives" to console players. They are the binned HDDs that don't make it into normal portable drives or internal 3.5" as the write speed is total carp.

Unless if you get over 250mbps internet, you won't notice on console the game taking longer to download than on a higher-performing drive. So they get away with dumping these slow drives on gamers who probably won't know any better due to their use.

I got 2 of these drives and the first one maxes out at 26MB/s while the second max out at 38MB/s.
For comparison, my WD My Book drives do around 135MB/s write and that is 50% full.

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